Content Standards
CA History-Social Science Content Standard 8.10: Students analyze the multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.
Common Core History/Social Studies Reading 6-8.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Common Core History/Social Studies Reading 6-8.2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Common Core History/Social Studies Reading 6-8.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Common Core History/Social Studies Reading 6-8.2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Essential Historical Questions
What is “Civil War?”
What caused the Civil War?
What were the aims of each side of the war and did/how did these goals change as the war progressed?
How did the war affect the lives of Americans (North and South, slave and free)?
What caused the Civil War?
What were the aims of each side of the war and did/how did these goals change as the war progressed?
How did the war affect the lives of Americans (North and South, slave and free)?
Big Ideas
State vs. federal authority
Differences between North and South (geographically, economically, socially)
Nullification and secession
The power and influence of Abraham Lincoln
The effect of the war on soldiers and civilians
Differences between North and South (geographically, economically, socially)
Nullification and secession
The power and influence of Abraham Lincoln
The effect of the war on soldiers and civilians
Unit Assessments
Map activities
Analysis of arguments for going to war
Reflection on the impact of the war on soldiers and civilians
Making an argument for what factor contributed most to the outbreak of war
Analysis of arguments for going to war
Reflection on the impact of the war on soldiers and civilians
Making an argument for what factor contributed most to the outbreak of war